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qbittorrent

"Docker container which runs the latest qBittorrent-nox client while connecting to WireGuard or OpenVPN with netfilter killswitch to prevent IP leakage when the tunnel goes down."

https://github.com/Trigus42/alpine-qbittorrentvpn

port: 8080

Overview

BitTorrent client with a full-featured web UI.

Project Details

Getting Started

  1. Start the container: docker compose up -d
  2. Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser
  3. Follow the initial setup wizard to configure the application

Environment Variable Notes

QBT_PASS  default: ChangeThisPassword
QBT_PORT  default: 8080

Volume Notes

/config  host path /data/qbit/config
/downloads  host path /data/qbit/downloads
/incomplete  host path /data/qbit/incomplete
/dev/net/tun  host path /dev/net/tun

Network Notes

Requires proxy network

Docker Run

docker run -d \
  --name qbittorrent \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /data/qbit/config:/config \
  -v /data/qbit/downloads:/downloads \
  -v /data/qbit/incomplete:/incomplete \
  -v /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun \
  trigus42/qbittorrentvpn:latest

See compose.yaml for the full set of environment variables.

Additional Notes / Gotchas

Check the container logs on first start for the temporary web UI password.

Dockhand Stack, Deploy from Git

Cookbooks Repository stackname: qbittorrent Compose file path: qbittorrent/compose.yaml Additional env file (optional): qbittorrent/sample.env

Then "Load" qbittorrent/sample.env into the Environmental variables in dockhand

Create the Stack

Default username

Admin

WireGuard

The container will fail to boot if VPN_ENABLED is set and there is no valid INTERFACE.conf file present in the /config/wireguard directory. Drop a .conf file from your VPN provider into /config/wireguard and start the container again.

Recommended INTERFACE names include wg0 or wgvpn0 or even wgmgmtlan0. However, the number at the end is in fact optional, and really any free-form string [a-zA-Z0-9_=+.-]{1,15} will work. So even interface names corresponding to geographic locations would suffice, such as cincinnati, nyc, or paris, if that's somehow desirable. [source]

Ensure Permissions

chmod 600 /path/to/wg0.conf

Gotchas

For the trigus42/qbittorrentvpn image the env Username doesn't work, it's just admin.